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Elimination kinetic of high polar metabolites pool of quinidine from human serum. 1985

R Camsonne, and M A Moulin, and P Charbonneau, and C Bazin

The elimination half-life of high polar metabolites pool of quinidine (t1/2 beta = 6.1 h) has been determined in a quinidine phenobarbiturate intoxicated patient after the complete elimination of quinidine (its precursor) from blood. It is equivalent to the generally accepted t1/2 beta of quinidine (6.1 +/- 1.8 h) but substantially different from the t1/2 beta "hybrid" of 3-hydroxyquinidine (10.0 h) determined in therapeutic conditions in which 3-hydroxyquinidine coexists with quinidine in blood. With regard to the low serum level of quinidine and strong ECG impairments, it is speculated that high polar metabolites of quinidine taken as a whole could be involved in this life threatening intoxication.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007700	Kinetics	The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008657	Metabolic Clearance Rate	Volume of biological fluid completely cleared of drug metabolites as measured in unit time. Elimination occurs as a result of metabolic processes in the kidney, liver, saliva, sweat, intestine, heart, brain, or other site.	Total Body Clearance Rate,Clearance Rate, Metabolic,Clearance Rates, Metabolic,Metabolic Clearance Rates,Rate, Metabolic Clearance,Rates, Metabolic Clearance
D011802	Quinidine	An optical isomer of quinine, extracted from the bark of the CHINCHONA tree and similar plant species. This alkaloid dampens the excitability of cardiac and skeletal muscles by blocking sodium and potassium currents across cellular membranes. It prolongs cellular ACTION POTENTIALS, and decreases automaticity. Quinidine also blocks muscarinic and alpha-adrenergic neurotransmission.	Adaquin,Apo-Quinidine,Chinidin,Quincardine,Quinidex,Quinidine Sulfate,Quinora,Apo Quinidine,Sulfate, Quinidine
D006207	Half-Life	The time it takes for a substance (drug, radioactive nuclide, or other) to lose half of its pharmacologic, physiologic, or radiologic activity.	Halflife,Half Life,Half-Lifes,Halflifes
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001463	Barbiturates	A class of chemicals derived from barbituric acid or thiobarbituric acid. Many of these are GABA MODULATORS used as HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES, as ANESTHETICS, or as ANTICONVULSANTS.
D013997	Time Factors	Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations.	Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor